Wait, medicine and religion aren't the same thing? Ha, the next thing you'll tell me is that prayer doesn't heal and that the world is round!
On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Could be, but now you're talking about a different theme with the > religion one. I like the aesthetic of religion as a part of ancient > life more than medicine, although I suppose both are accurate. > > -Aris > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:38 AM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hrm, Miasma could work as a more granular kind of system than cards. > Maybe > > have Miasma go from 0 to 100, and minor punishments grant 0-25 Miasma, > > while more severe ones grant 25-50. You'd lose 10 Miasma each month, and > > depending on how much Miasma you've got, you'd be more or less "sick" > with > > different crippling effects (Just the regular "less Agoran decision > power" > > comes to mind). > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 3:02 AM, Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> > wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> > >> Ok folks, what's a set of religious terms for Blots, punishment, > temples, > >>> and penance that won't be too culturally loaded for anyone? Keeping to > the > >>> Agoran theme, something ancient Greece and pleasing the gods? Or > something > >>> else (a little leery after the Karma/Eta thing annoyed some people). > >>> > >> > >> If you want ancient Greece, I think you may be looking for the word > >> "Miasma". From <https://en.wiktionary.org/wik > >> i/%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek>: > >> > >> μῐ́ασμᾰ • (míasma) n (genitive μῐάσμᾰτος); third declension > >> 1.pollution, defilement [quotations ▼] > >> 2.shameful action, crime > >> > >> The English plural can be either Miasmas or Miasmata. > >> > >> Mind you, that's definitely not pleasing the gods, quite the opposite. > See > >> also <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_(Greek_mythology)> and > >> possibly <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory>. > >> > >> Greetings, > >> Ørjan. > >> >
